Republicans are livid over Nadler’s “cover-up” accusation:
“If the Democrats are smart, they won’t put Jerry Nadler on the field again,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “He was so out of line. It’s offensive accusing us of a cover-up.”
“To my Democratic colleagues, you can say what you want about me, but I’m covering up nothing,” added Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a close Trump ally. “I’m exposing your hatred of the president.”
It’s funny that those are the two Senators quoted because they are both definitely helping Trump cover-up his crimes. Johnson is even involved in the crime itself, having gone to Trump to ask what the story was with the hold up of the aid to Ukraine and the president apparently lied to his face.
Graham has become such a groveling, servile, Trump boot-licker that he really would defend him if he shot someone on 5th Avenue.
This is typical of Republicans, however. They can dish it out but they can’t take it. The White House lawyers spent the whole day lying about the facts and trashing the House Democrats. The president routinely disparages Adam Schiff to such an extent that he routinely receives death threats. But call out the Republicans who had voted on a party line all day long to prevent any witnesses and documents in the president’s impeachment trial and they have a hissy fit.
Did it strike a nerve? Maybe. But frankly, I think they’re happy to be accused of a cover-up. They only care about their base and their base demands that they cover for their Dear Leader. It says they are doing the only job their voters care about.
And they do love to clutch their pearls and call for the smelling salts whenever they are called out for doing exactly what they are doing, pretending that they are offended and prompting the press and the Democrats to bend over backward to apologize and promise to never do it again. It’s a very old tactic.
I just want you to recall how polite Lindsey Graham was during last years Supreme Court hearing:
Ain’t he sweet?